Valve.



W. E. ARNDT.

VALVE.

APPLICATION FILED 11.20. 1914.

1,138,613. Patented May 11, 1915.

1 v ammo a William Efir'ndt wizf neowo WILLIAM E. ARNDT, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO CAPITAL BRASS WORKS,

OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

VALVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

'Patentedlilay 11, 1915.

Application filed April 20, 1914. Serial No. 833,010.

To all whom it may concern:

3e it known that I, WILLIAM E. ARNDT, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Valves, of which the following is a specification, reference .being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to valves, and more particularly to a one-way or angle valve having a sleeve valvular member that controls the passage through the valve.

The object of my'invention is to provide a valve of the above type consisting of comparatively few parts that are easy to assemble, durable, inexpensive to manufacture, and highly eflicient for the purposes for which they are intended.

The valve consists, essentially, of a body, a stem and a valvular member connected to the stem to rotate therewith for controlling the passage through the body. These parts are of simple design, particularly the val vular member which has a novel connection with the valve stem that prevents accidental displacement of the valvular member and insures positive action and rapidity in assembling the parts of the valve.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention resides in the'novel construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a valve partly broken away and partly in section; Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional viewof the valve illustrating stops forming part of the valve body, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a detached valvulanmember.

A valve in accordance with my invention comprises a cylindrical or tubular body 1' having an enlarged open end 2 with the innor walls thereof screw. threaded, as at 3, whereby the valve body can be connected to a pipe or other structure (not shown). The

opposite end of the valve body 1 is closed and provided with a stufling box 4 having a detachable gland or cap 5. The side of the valve body 1 has an opening 6 in communication with a side connection or nipple 7, said side connection .or nipple having exterior threads 8.

The stuffing box 4 is formed with an annular shoulder 9 and engaging said shoulder is the annular shoulder 10 of a valve stem 11 that extends through the stuffing box into the valve body 1. The shoulder 10 is formed by reducing the inner end of the valve stem 11 to provide a shank 12 and said shank is further reduced to form a tang or rectangular nipple 13. This reduced inner end of the stem has a longitudinal bore 14, the purpose of which will presently appear, and the outer end of the stem 11 has a conventional form of hand wheel 15 which facilitates rotating the stem 11.

tions'between the valve body and a valvular member 20 rotatably mounted within the valve body. The valvular member 20 is in the form of a sleeve that has one side thereof cut away, as at 21, to establish communication between the opening 6 and the interior of the sleeve and thereby form an angular passage through the valve body. One end of the member 20 has an integral lug 22 supporting a flat circular head 28 within the circumference of the member and at right angles to the longitudinal axis thereof. The head 23 is concentric of the member 20 and has a central flanged rectangular opening 24 to receive the tang or nipple 13 of the valve stem. The flanges of the opening 24 snugly embrace the tang 13 valve stem. 'The head 23 of the valvular 1 close member 20 has an off-set lip 25, adapted to engage stops 26 formed integral with the through said valve body. When the valve is used in a vertical position, the shoulders 9 and 10 prevent the valvular member 20 from falling into a pipe line, should the hand wheel 15 thereof be removed, besides the shoulders correctly position the valvular member 20 relatively to the opening 6 and the bearing surfaces of the valve body.

I attach considerable importance to the simplicity of construction resorted to in connection with the valvular member, as this member can be cut and stamped from sheet metal and then bent and shaped to properly fit in and serve its purpose of controlling the passage through .the valve body. When made of brass or other durable material the valve is practically indestructible under ordinary conditions, ond while in the drawing there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible to such variations and modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A valve of the type described comprising a cylindrical body having an open end and a side connection, a valve stem rotatably supported by an end of said body, and a sheet metal valvular member within said body and having an int-urned head at one end thereof free of said valve body, said head having an opening to receive said stem. 2. A valve of the type described comprising a body having one end thereof open and the opposite end closed and the side thereof provided with a connection, a rotatable valve stem supported in the closed end of said body, a sheet metal valvular member rotatably mounted in said body and having the form of a sleeve with one side thereof valves comprising a sleeve having the action of a shutter, said sleeve having one side thereof completely cut away, and a head carried by the end of said sleeve at one side thereof and provided with means adapted end of the valve body, said stops to limit the movement of said sleeve within a valve.

4. A valve of the type described comprising a cylindrical body having an open end, a closed end and a s1de connection, a' rotatable valve stem permanently supported by the closed end of said valve body and having the inner end thereof reduced, a sheet metal sleeve rotatably mounted in said valve body and having the side thereof completely cut away to establish communication between the side connection of said body and the open end thereof, a head carried by an end of said sleeve and disposed at right angles to the longitudinal. axis thereof and fitted upon the inner end of said stem and held thereon by flaring the end of said stem, and means in connection with said head and said valve body for limiting the movement of said sleeve within said body.

5. In a valve, the combination with a cylindrical body having one end thereof closed and the opposite end thereof open, a side connection carried by said valve body, and a valve stem rotatably supported in the closed end of said body and having the inner end thereof reduced, of a sheet metal sleeve having the action of a shutter within said valve body and having a side thereof completely cut away and adapted to establish communication between said side conmotion and the open end of said body, a head formed integral with the side of-said sleeve and disposed at a right angle, said formed therein to receive the reduced end of said stem, said stem having the end thereof flared to retain said head in engagement therewith.

6. In a valve, the combination with a cylindrical body having one end thereof closed and the opposite end thereof open, a side connection carried by said body and a valve stem rotatably supported in the closed end of said body and having the inner end thereof reduced, of a sheet metal sleeve having the action of a shutter within said valve body and having the sides thereof completely cut away and adapted to establish communication between said side connection and the open end of said body, a head integral with said sleeve and disposed at a right angle, said head having a flanged rectangular opening therein to receive the reduced end of said sleeve, said stem having the end thereof flared to retain said head in engagement therewith, and means in connection with said head adapted to limit the movement of said sleeve within said valve body.

7. In a valve, a valve body, a stem rotatably seated in the closed end thereof, and a' sheet metal member having the longitudinal axis thereof, in alinement with said stem, said member having the action of a shutter Within said body and connected to said stem with said body to limit the movement of 10 by flaring the end thereof. said shutter therein.

8. The combination With a valve body and In testimon whereof I afiix my signature a valve stem,- of a tubular shutter in said in presence 0 two Witnesses.

- body and having a side thereof cut away, a A WILEIAM E ARNDT lug at one end of said shutter, a head care-r ried thereby and permanently connected to Witnesses:

said stem, and a lip carried by said head ANNA M. Donn, opposite said stem and adapted to cooperate G. E. MGGRANN. 

